ADHD Symptoms Persist for Most Young Children Despite Treatment - 02/11/2013

ADHD Symptoms Persist for Most Young Children Despite Treatment

Results spell need for more effective therapies, earlier intervention

Release Date: February 11, 2013

Nine out of 10 young children with moderate to severe attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continue to experience serious, often severe symptoms and impairment long after their original diagnoses and, in many cases, despite treatment, according to a federally funded multi-center study led by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.